NYT: More than 30 new coal-fired power plants have been built since 2008 or are under construction, representing the coal power industry`s largest expansion in decades. “Building a coal-fired power plant today is betting that we are not going to put a serious financial cost on emitting carbon dioxide,” an energy policy expert says. [Associated Press] Russia`s Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin takes heat from scientists for expressing doubts on human-driven global warming. “Does climate …